Measuring device.



No. 830,211. PATENTED SEPT. 451906. J. T. CRENSHAW. MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1905.

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MEASURING DEVICE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed November 1, 1905- Serial No. 285,431.

To all whom it may concern:

SHAW, a citizen of the United States, residin at Dermott, in the county of Chicot an State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Measuring Devices, of which t e following is a specification.

My invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements in measures for all kinds of goods wound or rolled upon a board or core, and has for its object to provide a sim 1e and cheap device that can be easily an quickly attached to the board or core and one that the number of yards left in the bolt can be told at a glance, which' will be a great time-saver when taking stock.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device that will be out of the way when attached and one that is provided wit a spring-tongue which engages the tape and revents it from unwinding too freely.

With these objects in vlew my invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a erspective view of a bolt of goods with the device attached. Fig. 2 is a erspectiveview of the device attached to a board. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the device and board.

Referring to the drawilngs, A indicates the board 11 on which the cloth B is wound and to whic I secure my device adjacent one end. The device consists of a casing C, the

I sides C of which are provided with perforated flanges C by means of which it is adapted to be secured to the boards by screws or tacks. The top of the casing at its inner end is provided with an outwardly-projecting member C, which is bent downwardly and inwardly and then ,back upon itself, by means of which the end of the graduated tape D, which may be of paper or cloth, is secured in the casing. The tape is folded in the casing, and thc'frce end iprojects out between the s ring-tongue C o the casing and the board, wlllcll provents the tape from unwinding too fast by the functional surface of the r ngue.

In use the tape indicating the number of yards and placed in the casin will correspond to the number of yards 0 cloth in the bolt, and after the required amount of cloth has been unwound the tape is drawn out and laid along the edge of the cloth, and the desired amount of cloth is cut off, and with it the tape, and the remaining ta e will show the number of yards of goods le t in the bolt.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the kind described the combination with a board or core upon which abolt of goods is adapted .to be Wound, of a casing secured to the board adjacent one end, a tape secured in said casing by a member of the casing, and a spring-tongue forming a part of the casing-adapted to enga e the tape as it passes out of the casing, for'tlie purpose described.

2. In a. device of the kind described the combination with a board or core upon which a bolt of goods is adapted to be wound, of a casing secured adjacent one end carrying a tape indicating the whole number of yards of cloth in the bolt of goods, one end of the tape being secured in the folds of the downwardlyprojecting member of the. casing, and a springtongue forming the other cm of the casing adapted to engage the tape as it passes out for the purpose described.

.3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a core upon which a bolt of goods is adapted to be wound, of a flanged easing secured on one side of the core adjacent one end, a tape indicating the number of yards on the bolt, arranged in said casing, one end of said tape being secured in the folds of the downwardly-projeeting member of therasing, and a spring-tongue ada ted to engage the tape as it passes out, for t 10 purpose. described.

JOHN, lll().\lAS CREN IIAIV.

W itnesscs:

W. K. BAKER, W. '1, ,unnsnAw. 

